Ethiopian Family Search for Meiji also called Reyote Adopted to East Germany in 1982 or 1983 at Age 7

Ethiopian mother, Demeku, is searching for her son born in 1975 and adopted to Germany at 7 years of age. His mother called him Meiji but he was adopted under the name Reyote Kebebe Tsehay through Kebebe Tsehaye Orphanage. This father’s name was Feyesa but Meiji did not have the name of his father. Meiji was adopted without the knowledge of his mother. Due to a series of tragic circumstances, Demeku was separated from her son when he was two years old and she thought he was living with his father. Though she tried, she was unable to locate her son. She has been searching for years and years. In January 2018 she finally learned that he was adopted to East Germany. Demeku spent years searching, through the father, Hailu, the orphanage, etc. She is desperate to find her child.

ለማደጎ( ጉዲፈቻ) ስለተሰጠው ልጅዎ ተጨማሪ መረጃ( ህጻኑ(ኗ) ሊያስታውሳቸው የሚችሉ ሌሎች ሰወች፣ ህጻኑ(ኗ) ሰውነት ላይ ያለ ጠባሳ፣ የማሪያም ስመት(ሽታ)፣ የአካል ጉዳት፣ የቀዶ ህክምና፣ ልዮ መገላጫዎች ወዘተ) / Additional information about the adopted child (other people the child may remember, scars, birthmarks, disabilities, etc.) He might remember his name Meiji and his mom. He was 2 years and half and he was a fast runner for his age.

ስለ ጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦች መረጃ (የጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦቹ ስም፣ ስለቤተሰቡ የሚያውቁት ማንኛውም አይነት ነገር) / Give information about adoptive family Meiji’s mother learnt in January 2018, after many searches, that her Meiji had been adopted to Germany.

የልጅዎን ታሪክ እንዴት ለጉዲፌቻ እንደተሰጠ በአጭሩ ይንገሩን / Adoption Story

ልጅዎ ለማደጎ( ለጉዲፈቻ) / The child was ተጥሎ ተገኝቶ / Abandoned

ልጅዎ የት ነው ተጥሎ የነበረው? ከተማ, ወረዳ, ቀበሌ, ማንኛውም የመሬት ምልክት / Where was the child left? City, Woreda, Kebele, Landmarks It is a complicated story. It is hard to say that he was deliberately abandoned. Demeku left him at his father Feyessa’s boss’ house. The boss was named Hailu and he was the chairman of Kebele 9, Kefetegna 20 (now known as Woreda). Hailu later gave him to the orphanage when Meiji’s father was deployed and had to spend 4 years in a war zone. Demeku thought that her child was living with his father.

Demeku searched for years and only learned in Jan 2018 that her son was sent abroad. She thought Hailu had given him to his father.

ልጅዎን ማነው የጣለው? / Who left the child? Demeku left him with Hailu, Feyessa’s boss, believing the boy would be given to his father.

ልጅዎን ወዴት ወሰዱት? / Where did they take the child? Hailu took him to Kebebe Tsehay Orphange in Addis

የኃላ መረጃ ወይም ቀድመ ታርክ / Background information or story Demeku and Feyessa were lovers but they were not able to live together due to financial constraints they had at that time. When Demeku found out she was pregnant she went to her birth place Fedese, Harara to give birth in her own mother house. She named her baby Meiji after the powder milk she used to feed him. When Meiji was 2 and half years she came back to Addis to look for Feyesa but he has started a new life. They were making custody arrangements and Feyessa’s boss Hailu got in the middle to reconcile them and he took Demeku and Meiji to his house. Meiji was happy when he saw Hailu’s children. But in the morning before the reconciliation she learned her older brother was coming from Harar in a helicopter because of an injury he encountered due to war broken out between Somali and Ethiopia. She found that he lost his leg and and eye and his injury was severe. She was the only person who could help him in the hospital. However, she was not allowed to take her baby with her to the hospital, since children were not allowed in. She left Meiji with Hailu, thinking he will give the baby to his father. However, the father who was a truck driver, was deployed to a war zone and was not able to take him to his home. Feyesa (father) was in a war zone in Asmara for 4 years. When Demeku came back to check on her child Hailu had moved and Demeku had no way to find the whereabouts of Feyessa and Meiji. After many searches all these years, she found out at last on Jan 2018, that her Meiji was given a name Reyote KebebeTsehay and adopted to East Germany.

ስለ ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) አስፈጻሚው ድርጅት መረጃ / Adoption Agency Information

ስለ ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) አስፈጻሚው ድርጅት ተጨማሪ መረጃ / Additional adoption agency information The agency was known by a man named Dr Abraham whose wife was a German. Now he is living in Mekele may be running an orphanage.

ልጅዎን ለማፈላለግ የሚጠቅም ተጨማሪ መረጃ / Additional information that could be useful in finding your child Meji’s name has been changed in the orphanage and was known as Reyote Kebebe Tsehaye at the time of adoption. He did not take his real father ‘s name. His mother remembers that he liked to run and he was very fast!